Sunday Worship

July 21st, 2024

 

“Responding to Problems”

Nehemiah 1:5-11

Rev. Tyler Dirks

 

Sermon Audio

 

Sermon Outline:

  1. Who’s In Charge?
  2. Accountability
  3. What Does God Want?

Reflection Questions:

  1. What’s your typical response to problems? Find someone to blame? Complain? …or Fixate on Jesus?
  2. Imaginatively inhabit the story of Joseph (Genesis 37-50). What problems did Joseph face? How do you think Joseph dealt with those problems? What do you make of Genesis 50:20?
  3. In light of the fact that Nehemiah is clearly ‘a victim’ (i.e. by no fault of his own, he was born and raised in exile), how do you feel about the fact that he confesses to being a villainous, corrupt, disobedient, evil man?
  4. How do you feel about God wanting you to be needy and desperately dependent on Him; and how do you feel about the fact that He desires to mire you in His mercy?